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Bandwidth enhancement of plastic optical fiber with multi‐step core by thermal diffusion
Author(s) -
Lee Seihyoung,
Paek UnChul,
Chung Youngjoo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.11147
Subject(s) - bandwidth (computing) , materials science , optical fiber , microwave , core (optical fiber) , thermal , plastic optical fiber , diffusion , optics , optoelectronics , electronic engineering , computer science , engineering , telecommunications , multi mode optical fiber , composite material , physics , meteorology , thermodynamics
We propose a novel method to enhance the bandwidth of plastic optical fiber with a multi‐step core by forming a graded‐index core through thermal diffusion in the performance stage. The numerical simulation results indicate that the bandwidth of the optical fiber can be significantly enhanced by this method. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 39: 129–131, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.11147